Award-winning director Lee Daniels‘ newest project takes him to the steps of the White House. The Precious director has signed a deal to rewrite and direct a “The Butler,” a film that chronicles the life of Eugene Allen. Allen, an African-American butler that served the White House for 34 years and 8 presidents, passed away March 2010 of renal failure. Denzel Washington is said to be in talks for the lead role.

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Director Lee Daniels was in attendance for the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards held at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis Saturday (June 5) night. Noah’s Arc actor Jensen Atwood presented the acclaimed and out director with the Davidson/Valentini Award. The award is given to an openly LGBT person who’s made a significant difference in promotion equal rights for the community.

During his acceptance speech, Daniels talked about growing up gay and how Read the rest of this entry »

Lee Daniels is one of two landmark directors to be honored at the UCLA 2010 Festival of New Creative Work, presented by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT). Director and former DGA President Martha Coolidge will present Daniels with the Filmmaker of the Year Award during The Directors Spotlight event, which is the festival’s closing night gala event.

“Lee Daniels is a consummate filmmaker,” said Read the rest of this entry »

Boy o’ boy, desperation ain’t nothing pretty. Former Day 26 member, Que, kicked out of the group and now trying to jump start a solo career, poses proudly in up close and personal photos of his penis and the stuff that comes out of it. Yea, he went there. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s that time of year again. Out magazine has released its 4th Annual Power 50 – a list of America’s most influential gay men and women.

Director Lee Daniels made his debut on the list at number 25. Read the rest of this entry »

Precious director Lee Daniels sat down with talk show host Wendy Williams this morning (March 24) to promote the release of his film Precious on DVD and also surprised viewers with a VERY candid interview.

Daniels kicked off the sit down with a revelation that it was on Wendy’s radio show, back when he was promoting Monster’s Ball, that he first came out publicly about his sexuality. The experience, he described as liberating. According to Daniels, he outed himself before Wendy could.

While on the subject of his personal life, the acclaimed director opened up about raising his Read the rest of this entry »

Oscar-nominated director of the film Precious, Lee Daniels, continues to ride the wave of success and bask in the opportunities that have sprung forth from his highly acclaimed film. Not too long ago Daniels was working with a $600K budget to put together Precious, since then, he’s been offered up to $2.5 million to director projects that range from a Western to a musical.

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This year’s Oscar nominations have been announced and the critically acclaimed film, Precious has racked up 6 nominations.

Those nominations include: Best Picture - Precious, Best Director – Lee Daniels – Precious, Best Actress – Gabourey Sidibe - Precious, Best Supporting Actress – Mo’Nique – Precious, Best Film Editing – Precious and Best Adapted Screenplay- Geoffrey Fletcher – Precious.

Director-Producer Lee Daniels certainly has the midas touch. The first film he produced, Monster’s Ball (2001), won Halle Berry the Read the rest of this entry »

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